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title: 'Follow Me! Men 18-19: Apply Now at Any U.S. Army Recruiting and Induction Station'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/follow-me-men-18-19-us-army-1943/
description: Photograph of a helmeted soldier in full kit gesturing forward, beside a chart of Army rank insignia with monthly pay for each grade.
section: Collection
---

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[![Follow Me! Men 18-19: Apply Now at Any U.S. Army Recruiting and Induction Station, 1943 US poster: Photograph of a helmeted](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/follow-me-men-18-19-us-army-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/follow-me-men-18-19-us-army-1943.jpg)

# Follow Me! Men 18-19: Apply Now at Any U.S. Army Recruiting and Induction Station

Photograph of a helmeted soldier in full kit gesturing forward, beside a chart of Army rank insignia with monthly pay for each grade, under the headline 'Follow Me! Men 18-19'. The tell for card-stacking is the pay table headed 'These can be yours', which lists the benefits of each grade and leaves out the risks of service. The technique is mild here.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
FOLLOW ME!
MEN 18-19

THESE CAN BE YOURS-
Monthly base pay is shown under the insignia of each grade. Privates (who wear no insignia of grade) receive $50 a month. Grades up to and including sergeant may receive family allowances. Higher grades, not benefiting by Servicemen's Dependents Act of 1942, may receive other allowances.
Private, First Class $54
Technician 5th Grade $66
Corporal $66
Technician 4th Grade $78
Sergeant $78
Technician 3rd Grade $96
Staff Sergeant $96
Technical Sergeant $114
First Sergeant $138
Master Sergeant $138

APPLY NOW AT ANY
U.S. ARMY
RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION
[imprint:] P-56-RPR-11-23-43-25M
```

[← Fly! For her Liberty and yours](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fly-for-her-liberty-and-yours-1943/) [Food is a weapon: Don't waste it! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/food-is-a-weapon-dont-waste-it-1943/)

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